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That's fucking bullshit. Detaining people is absolutely a law enforcement operation.

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[-] doug@lemmy.today 193 points 2 weeks ago

🙄 is that why you’re in the military? to detain unarmed protesters on your own soil?

get fucked.

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 64 points 2 weeks ago

If they are detaining citizens, does that count as an act of war?

[-] Lyra_Lycan 32 points 2 weeks ago

Only if the people create a resistance army to fight back.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 100 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Fetus@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago

Compromise,

Conformity,

Assimilation,

Submission,

Ignorance,

Hypocrisy,

Brutality,

The elite.

[-] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ah yes, CCASIHBTE. On brand for yet another acronym that the military loves so much..

[-] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

All of which are American dreams

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 72 points 2 weeks ago

Here’s the relevant section of the article that the title is referencing:

He emphasized that while troops can temporarily detain individuals, they must wait for law enforcement officers to make actual arrests.

Unless the guard troops are working directly with law enforcement, or are there at the request of the state, or the Insurrection Act has been invoked, none of which have happened or are the case, then it is completely illegal for them to be detaining anyone for any reason. Those troops should be refusing to follow those illegal orders. As should their commanding officer, but I’m getting the impression this is not a guy with a lot of critical thinking skills.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately the Insurrection Act doesnt help when the president is the one leading the insurrection

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

That makes it like extra double super illegal then, I guess

[-] Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago

With only 4000 guard I'm sure they were able to be selective with who they sent.

[-] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago

Even an arrest is temporary if we haven't thrown out due process. Habeas Corpus means a judge has to look at things, and decide to extend the detention until trial. Also, the trial has to be "speedy".

It's probably not good that there is a mechanism for legally detaining someone for months without them being an imminent threat to themselves or others. But, that's been status quo as long as I've been drawing breath, so I'm used to it.

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[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 70 points 2 weeks ago

"We're there to protect their federal officers, their federal personnel," Sherman said in the interview. "We're there to protect them so that they can do their job."

Negative, commander, you are there to protect the constitutional right of US citizens to safely assemble and express their first amendment right to protest.

Make peaceful revolution possible. That is your duty, son.

[-] Wilco@lemm.ee 67 points 2 weeks ago

Newsflash: The commander overseeing operations CANNOT temporarily detain people as it is a constitutional violation. What they are trying to say (between the lines) is that they have declared "Martial Law Light".

Shit is about to get (more) stupid.

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, the crisp, refreshing taste of diet fascism.

[-] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

On guys you are Americans! You love full fat milk, full fatty burgers, 100% sugar surely you can get full fascism if you wanted to! You still can't get eggs but hey Kamala had a weird laugh am I right?

[-] Upgrayedd1776@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

more like she towed the biden line of incompetency and bombing Palestinian babies. its hard to quantify the magnitude of failure that was the biden term and then his gnarled fingers clinging to the presidency and ruining most of Kamala's chance of having a proper campaign, am I right? I cant wait to vote for Israel is his number priority Schumer to build cohesion in the party with is and that golem in congress with their glowing charisma

[-] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

I hear you. But they are still bombing them babies, and now you are set to lose your freedoms that you love so much. As a guy born during communism you guys have no idea how bad it will get. And the communists didn't have drones, internet disinformation and other cool tech toys. But sure, voting for the harmless less than perfect candidate sure sounds like a terrible idea especially when the other guy said exactly what he was going to do!

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[-] AlexLost@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago

You are rewriting the past. The Biden administration did many times many good things, you are equating something every politician in America does to one guy because Cheeto Mussolini said so. How's Trump doing on the not bombing Palestinian babies front? Oh?! Oh dear...

[-] Upgrayedd1776@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

biden did nothing substantitive, name a something that wasnt just a stronger definition of what obama already did and the rest was tossed in court with no plans, just because you make a token effort knowing it is going to fail and then ignoring it afterwards is not a success. He was a horrible president and is directly and most responsible for Trump being back in office. You are the one rewriting the past. And then maybe you were someone in the narrow minorities he tossed token proclamations at, his assistance using our tax money to turn babies to ash is enough for me to ignore any minimal efforts he attempted

[-] AlexLost@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

The voters are responsible for Trump. Biden and Trump are on the same damn team, and they play us against each other. So you can't abide Trump or any politician then, because they all are complicit in the atrocities in the Middle East. Republicans much more so them Democrats, but I digress as they are all guilty.

[-] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 weeks ago

I think we're past laws now.

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[-] TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 weeks ago

This is not going to end well.

[-] twistypencil@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago

Who is this commanders superior officer? Because wtf

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 weeks ago

The president.

These are direct orders from the commander in chief.

DJT

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[-] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago

Literally a violation of posse comitatus. You are a traitor, commander.

[-] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.cafe 16 points 2 weeks ago

Military junta with extra steps

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 15 points 2 weeks ago

They can try lol

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Bold of you to assume this about enforcing law (or keeping peace).

This is escalation for the sake of performative leadership. It's another manufactured crisis. They find a manageable problem under someone else's purview, exacerbate it, use the escalation to claim the other party is losing control, step in, and pretend to help while the other party solves the problem, then they take credit and walk away. It's a power grab. Bonus points if it distracts everyone else from the supposed leader's negligence, incompetence, and outright theft. The Big Beautiful Bill isn't drawing the same portion of the public's attention as it was before, is it?

The bullest of shit indeed: enacting cruelty on the vulnerable to enable robbing the overwhelming majority Americans.

This concludes the rant. Thanks for your post. I hope we never stop talking about this and never let future generations forget.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago
[-] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

To keep the peace and maintain stability in our country and national security abroad I founded the first galactic empire 🗽!

[-] Disaster@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Judge Bayer didn't seem too enthusiastic about backing that one up..

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Can they kill them? Cause.

[-] valkyrieangela 11 points 2 weeks ago

Violence breeds violence, Commander.

[-] doctortofu@reddthat.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

In the laaaaaaaaaaand of the freeeeeeee... sing along US friends, you know the words!

[-] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago
[-] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

More than 3 years according to Vlad.

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[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Given the lawsuit regarding the electoral votes, the military should be holding the house and president until that lawsuit is finished.

[-] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh dear sweet jesus no. We absolutely never want the military to hold the government.

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[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

War it is. 😞

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

Just now, israel attacked iran, as a distraction from all these protest, so typical of trump. the media immediately started focusing on that news instead of this.

[-] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

DO YOU KNOW THE ENEMY

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